Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Ezra and Nehemiah started a process that touches the heart of God and if those principles are followed today then we will be able to change our communities for good. After identifying that the festivals the Lord instituted were for particular purposes and were designed to bring back the glory to his people, they became passionate about following them. To do this they had regular times of fasting and prayer which was prefaced by separating from those who did not know Yahweh or knew about the things that he did in the past. They also confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.  “In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly” (Nehemiah 9:33). This sets the precedence for us breaking the effects of previous generations on our lives.

We must be reminded that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob always keeps his promises. Moses tells us that God visits the iniquities or the sins of the parents unto the children to the third and fourth generation. Alternatively, he pours out the blessings to a thousand generation to those who love him and keeps his commandments (Exodus 20:4-6).  Ezra gives us a formula to break the generational curses that afflict us. We do this by repenting and confessing with fasting and prayer and then conclude with positive confession of what God has done, what he is doing and what he will do.  Today we too can break the effects of past and declare the blessing from God over us and our families.

Read Nehemiah 9 and make a binding agreement with the Lord ch.9 v.38.